THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 May 1915, Page 2

THE WAR.

(BLBCTttIC TMaKHUVH--COFYKIOHt 1 IPKK PRKBB ASSOCIATION-1

, AIR RAID ON IPSWICJH

London, April 30.

By an air raid at Ipswich early on Friday several housee were blown up or set on fire.

A Zeppelin dropped several bomb* on Bury St. Edmunds.

THE CASUALTY LISTS

The casualty list* from April 17th to 25th shows 11C officers killed and 269 wounded .including 28 Canadians killed and 99 wounded.

IN BELGIUM

The Germans were only in possession of St. Julien for six ho'ire <>u Monday. The British attacks commenced on Monday evening, aml lasted all night. The Germans fortifed themselves in a village, bfr! ('■<-■ ■; li'Wy? quickly shelled it, and .<!; c .-.■•» nouses collapsed, -burying tho defenders. Before a rally \va« possible !he C*uadian. Scotch ami Irish troops tannchrd a furious onslaught, and the 'German* were driven out. They employed every imaginable ruee. They placed their own dead and wounded in piles in front of their ranks, and in some cases even lay concealed beneath 'heap* of human flesh to escape the dreaded bayonet. The British were using only nominal cover in trenches of eighteen inches and ever again would move forward and gain a stretch of grouad. They have now regained two-thirds of the lost t grouind and hold the line well in front of St. Julien. TURKS DRAGOONED BY GERMANS. Tenedos, April 30. The Thursday's demonstration of landing on the plain of Troy enabled the French to capture 8000 Turks, including German officers. Not a few o fthe Turks were suffering from revolver wounds from German officers driving them to attack, or desperately endeavouring to prevent their retreat. (Received This Day b.35 a.m.) THE CANADIANS. London, April 30. The conduct of the Canadians in the recent battle is the sole topic in the Canadian press, and there are many stories-of individual heroism. Colonel MoLarg fell dead at the muzzle of a machine gun while attempting to rescue a private. Colonel Birchall was wounded twice before he was hit mortally. The Tenth and Sixteenth bat- ! talions made a wonderful charge and Colonel Boyle fell while leading hie I men, cheering and yelling into a perl feet hell of fire from the enemy hidden in a wood 300 yarde away. From accounts which nave been reI ccived at Vancouver it is surmised that J the Germans despising amateur soldiers knew exactly where the Canadians were. They knew they lacked experience, and the Germane, accustomed to long attacks, knew that by imparting the novelty of frightfulness in the shape of chlorine gas, their chance of breaking the line was enhances! greatly. At first the results were ju«t as calculated, and affairs were in some confusion into which the Germane drove at full tilt apparently surround ing some of the Canadians. The an- [ uouncement that the Germane had taken 1000 prisoners probably was made when things looked like it. By all rules of -warfare the Canadians were beaten, but they did not know it. They suffered terrible casualties, but gave as good as they got. Eventually they turned the tables on their foes. A sergeant-major saye that from Thursday evening to Friday morning the Canadians hel do a position -which really, if the Canadians had not held it, the Germans might Have been masters of Ypree. (Received This Day 8.55 a.m.) SOLDIERS TO VOTE. London, April &0. Ballot boxes have been sent to Peeloy for the use of the Canadian eoldiex*. at the frent. THE BELGIAN FUND. The General Fund and the National Funds for the relief or the Belgian* now exceeds £100,000. THE SUBMARINES' TOLL. The Admiralty reports that file submarines sunk nine vessels in April, totalling 16,124 tons, and ten trawler* totalling 1,755 tone.